Iran is training Iraqi fighters
in effort to pave the way for an Islamic republic –Iranian
dissident

Wednesday, 21 March 2007

AssociatedPress
- Eight insurgents were killed in clashes between
U.S. and Iraqi forces and fighters loyal to
al-Qaida.

An Iranian dissident said
Iran is training Iraqi fighters in
an effort to drive U.S.
and other coalition forces out of
Iraq and pave the way for an
Islamic republic there.

The opposition
figure, Alireza Jafarzadeh said would-be fighters
are smuggled into Iran
and schooled in everything from sniper technique to
explosive devices, and then sent back to
Iraq to wage war on U.S.-led military
forces.

Jafarzadeh said
Iran's president, supreme leader and other
political top figures are closely connected to the
training.

The dissident
once worked for an Iranian opposition group that was
listed by the U.S. and the
European Union as a terrorist organization.

He's now the head
of a Washington-based think tank and has been
credited with airing Iranian military secrets in the
past. But U.S. officials
considered some of his past assertions to be
inaccurate.

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